The Guardian says cabinet ministers have been ordered to come up with new “non-fiscal” ways to combat the cost of living.
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Sky News says the price of more than a million train tickets will be cut by up to half in April and May as the government seeks to ease cost of living pressures.
The Metro says Brits face a further squeeze on their household incomes after the rate of inflation rose to another 30-year high.
The Guardian says households in Britain have come under renewed pressure from the soaring cost of living after the official inflation rate reached 7% last month amid a record increase in petrol and diesel prices.
The Independent says retail sales growth slowed significantly last month as consumer confidence “continued to sink” amid the cost of living crisis, new research has revealed.
The Guardian says the rising price of food caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and increased energy costs could push a quarter of a billion more people into extreme poverty, Oxfam has warned.
The Daily Mirror says a shocking two in three children are living in poverty in some parts of the UK, the latest figures show.
The Guardian says pensioners and benefits claimants will see the value of their payments fall to the lowest point in 50 years on Monday, anti-poverty campaigners have said, as Britons grapple with the worst cost of living crisis since 1972.
Tory MP David Warburton’s suspension pending investigation dominates Sunday’s papers.
Rishi Sunak has delivered his spring statement mini-budget speech in the Commons and announced some important points – Here’s what you need to know.
The Guardian says ministers are coming under growing pressure to intervene to soften the impact of the cost of living crisis.
The Guardian says the poorest households in the UK could see their cost of living jump by as much as 10% by this autumn if Russia’s invasion leads to a prolonged conflict.
The Guardian says Rishi Sunak will take some limited action to tackle the cost of living crisis in this month’s spring statement but will reject calls to beef up his much-criticised energy bill reduction scheme.
